CN1330889C - Protective cap for a balljoint - Google Patents
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- CN1330889C CN1330889C CNB038056933A CN03805693A CN1330889C CN 1330889 C CN1330889 C CN 1330889C CN B038056933 A CNB038056933 A CN B038056933A CN 03805693 A CN03805693 A CN 03805693A CN 1330889 C CN1330889 C CN 1330889C
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
- F16C11/00—Pivots; Pivotal connections
- F16C11/04—Pivotal connections
- F16C11/06—Ball-joints; Other joints having more than one degree of angular freedom, i.e. universal joints
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
- F16C11/00—Pivots; Pivotal connections
- F16C11/04—Pivotal connections
- F16C11/06—Ball-joints; Other joints having more than one degree of angular freedom, i.e. universal joints
- F16C11/0666—Sealing means between the socket and the inner member shaft
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
- F16C11/00—Pivots; Pivotal connections
- F16C11/04—Pivotal connections
- F16C11/06—Ball-joints; Other joints having more than one degree of angular freedom, i.e. universal joints
- F16C11/0666—Sealing means between the socket and the inner member shaft
- F16C11/0671—Sealing means between the socket and the inner member shaft allowing operative relative movement of joint parts due to flexing of the sealing means
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16D—COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES
- F16D3/00—Yielding couplings, i.e. with means permitting movement between the connected parts during the drive
- F16D3/84—Shrouds, e.g. casings, covers; Sealing means specially adapted therefor
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
- F16C2202/00—Solid materials defined by their properties
- F16C2202/20—Thermal properties
- F16C2202/24—Insulating
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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- Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
- Y10T403/00—Joints and connections
- Y10T403/16—Joints and connections with adjunctive protector, broken parts retainer, repair, assembly or disassembly feature
- Y10T403/1608—Holding means or protector functioning only during transportation, assembly or disassembly
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
- Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
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- Y10T403/32—Articulated members
- Y10T403/32606—Pivoted
- Y10T403/32631—Universal ball and socket
Abstract
A protective cap for a balljoint is disclosed, for covering the peg-shaped partial region (7) of a ready-assembled balljoint, comprising at least two hollow cylindrical sections (12, 13) of differing diameter adjacent to each other in the axial longitudinal direction of the balljoint protective cap (11), whereby the section (12) with greater diameter is arranged on the balljoint protective cap (11) for mounting onto the joint housing (1). According to the invention, an improved protection of the ready-assembled balljoint with a mounted protective cap (11) may be achieved, whereby the above comprises a transition region (16), at the joint of the two hollow cylindrical sections (12, 13), running essentially perpendicular to the axial longitudinal direction of the balljoint protective cap (11). The size of the diameter of the smaller hollow cylindrical section (13) of the balljoint protective cap (11) is only slightly larger than the size of the covered spherical housing section (8) of the joint pin (3) in the balljoint. By means of the above particular arrangement, a displacement of the sealing bellows (5) on the balljoint in the direction of the arrow (P) on mounting the balljoint protective cap on the peg-shaped partial region of the balljoint can be achieved, whereby the contact pressures in the region of the contact surfaces between the sealing bellows (5) and joint pin (3) are increased.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of ball-and-socket joint safety cover, be used in the time period of making from ball-and-socket joint between installing, covering the axle journal shape regional area of the ball-and-socket joint that assembles.
Background technique
The ball-and-socket joint that uses this ball-and-socket joint safety cover is usually by a joint housing and a nipple pin that accommodates by a bearing shell in joint housing inside.Nipple pin is made of along the axle journal shape regional area that the Y of nipple pin extends on this bearing surface the bearing surface of a sphere and one, and this regional area is stretched from joint housing under the state that ball-and-socket joint assembles.On this axle journal shape regional area, a taper construction section is arranged usually, be used for ball-and-socket joint is fixed to another parts, for example on automobile chassis component, also have one to be generally fixing and to be provided with externally threaded thread section.Other member of this ball-and-socket joint also has a sealing cup, sealing cup packing housing and from the gap between the outstanding nipple pin in a hole of housing.The common stationary fixing of sealing cup is on the housing and be arranged in and hold nipple pin on the taper construction section of nipple pin and can move along the Y of this nipple pin.
Common ball-and-socket joint safety cover has at least two parts that adjacent geometrical shape is different, and wherein the part that boundary dimension is bigger places on the housing of ball-and-socket joint to be protected, and is adjacent with the edge in the hole that is used for nipple pin.
Intermediate location between each several part can be taper, has enough spacings with the parts to be protected that guarantee ball-and-socket joint.Here, the external freedom end of ball-and-socket joint safety cover is hood-shaped partially enclosed by one, therefore produces the inner space of a sealing after the ball-and-socket joint safety cover is set on the joint housing, to protect regional area and the sealing cup near axle journal.
In the practice, the shortcoming of hitherto known above-mentioned ball-and-socket joint safety cover is, although especially in transportation ball-and-socket joint process the ball-and-socket joint safety cover put well but still wetly and dirt is invaded in the ball-and-socket joint.
Summary of the invention
Therefore, task of the present invention is the ball-and-socket joint safety cover that proposes a kind of the above-mentioned type, and this safety cover can protect sealing cup not to be subjected to the influence of external force reliably, and can also protect the gap between necked part and the housing not invade dirt.
For this reason; the invention provides a kind of ball-and-socket joint safety cover; by covering the axle journal shape regional area of ball-and-socket joint on the nipple pin that is set to a ball-and-socket joint that assembles; this ball-and-socket joint has a joint housing and a nipple pin that is contained in swingably in this joint housing; described ball-and-socket joint safety cover has at least two different parts of geometrical shape along the adjacent layout of Y of ball-and-socket joint safety cover; wherein the part that outside dimensions is bigger is arranged in the ball-and-socket joint safety cover in the face of on the end of joint housing; it is characterized in that; transition position at each several part is provided with an intermediate location that is basically perpendicular to the Y extension of ball-and-socket joint safety cover, and the surface of contact sealing paste of the inboard of described intermediate location leans against on the locating face of a sealing cup.
By this structural design scheme, in the time of on the axle journal shape regional area that the ball-and-socket joint safety cover is set to ball-and-socket joint, transportable sealing cup moves to the joint housing direction by the intermediate location of extending perpendicular to Y on nipple pin; Thisly move the distortion cause sealing cup, make the axially pre-tensioning of sealing cup thus, thereby cause impacting force to improve because this member radially is stretched on the nipple pin of ball-and-socket joint in advance.This result has guaranteed the enhancing of sealing effect, has prevented that various filths from invading the inside of ball-and-socket joint.
In addition; ball-and-socket joint safety cover intermediate location by extension perpendicular to axial direction clings on the outer seamed edge of sealing cup; produced additional sealing surface; thereby as long as the ball-and-socket joint safety cover is set on the ball-and-socket; the ball-and-socket joint safety cover has come on the housing simultaneously, then also is protected not contaminated in the outside of sealing cup.
Particularly advantageously be, the each several part of ball-and-socket joint safety cover is designed to the hollow cylinder shape, and wherein the diameter dimension of the less hollow cylinder of ball-and-socket joint safety cover is only slightly greater than the size of the axle journal shape regional area that is capped of ball-and-socket joint.
Another design proposal of the present invention is; the hollow cylinder part of three different-diameters is set on the axial overall length of ball-and-socket joint safety cover; wherein the diameter value of various piece reduces respectively to opposed free ends gradually from the ball-and-socket joint safety cover end that is inserted on the housing, arranges respectively that in the intermediate location of hollow cylinder part is basically perpendicular to the intermediate location that ball-and-socket joint safety cover Y extends.
Based on above-mentioned design proposal, the flange on the ball-and-socket joint safety cover is also proposed in addition, this flange can produce extra sealing effect with ball-and-socket joint to be protected.This realizes by following measure: the flange that additionally provides is positioned at a recess on ball-and-socket joint usually, and this recess is at the taper construction section and the position between the helical thread portion of receiving on this construction section on the free end of nipple pin.Therefore, two annular sealing surfaces between ball-and-socket joint safety cover and nipple pin, have been produced.
In addition preferably, deviate from the ball-and-socket joint safety cover on the interior profile of the hollow cylinder part on the free end of joint housing and arrange at least one radially to the outstanding elastic tongue piece in inside, this elastic tongue piece in case of necessity can annular in whole profile.This tongue piece is inserted into nipple pin by in the pitch of the partially enclosed helical thread portion of relevant hollow cylinder; make ball-and-socket joint safety cover secure fixation thus in the axle journal shape regional area of nipple pin, therefore the ball-and-socket joint safety cover need not be fixed on the housing.
Another kind of preferred design be improve around the elasticity of tongue piece, method is that radially inwardly outstanding cyclic spring tongue has a plurality of slits that are distributed on the tongue piece whole circumference.
According to a kind of preferred improvement project; on the outside seamed edge that is positioned at the hollow cylinder part on the free end that deviates from joint housing of ball-and-socket joint safety cover, the outstanding flange of at least one radially outward can be set; this flange can be annular, makes thus that the ball-and-socket joint safety cover is easier to be pulled down.
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By accompanying drawing one embodiment of the present of invention are described in more detail below.Be illustrated as:
The sectional view of a traditional ball-and-socket joint of Fig. 1 has inserted above according to ball-and-socket joint safety cover of the present invention,
The sectional view that Fig. 2 ball-and-socket joint safety cover is independent,
Fig. 3 presses the ball-and-socket joint safety cover plan view of the arrow B among Fig. 2.
Embodiment
Ball-and-socket joint shown in Figure 1 is to be positioned at the bearing shell 2 of joint housing internal cavities, nipple pin that is contained in this bearing shell 3, a seal ring 4 and a sealing cup 5 by a joint housing 1, one to constitute basically.Here, nipple pin 3 has a bulb 6 and an axle journal shape regional area 7, and wherein this axle journal shape regional area 7 is divided into a taper construction section 8 and a thread section 9 again.After whole ball-and-socket joint has assembled, in transportation process, the particularly outside of cavity 10 between sealing cup 5 and the nipple pin 3 and sealing cup 5 and axle journal shape regional area 7 not contaminated and damage owing to mechanical load is protected.For this reason, after assembling, ball-and-socket joint is ball-and-socket joint safety cover 11 of its configuration.In the embodiment shown, this ball-and-socket joint safety cover 11 has three hollow cylinder parts 12,13 and 14.Hollow cylinder partly has different diameters, and wherein the hollow cylinder part 12 of diameter maximum is in the face of the joint housing 1 of ball-and-socket joint.Hollow cylinder part 13 diameters adjacent with part 12 are slightly greater than the taper construction section 8 that ball-and-socket joint safety cover 11 above-mentioned parts cover that passes through of nipple pin 3 inside.Transition position between hollow cylinder part 12 and 13 is having an intermediate location 16 perpendicular to the Y extension of ball-and-socket joint safety cover 11.Provide a surface of contact 17 on ball-and-socket joint safety cover 11 inboards by this intermediate location; when ball-and-socket joint safety cover 11 is put on the joint housing 1; this surface of contact contacts with a corresponding locating face 18 of sealing cup 5; because the lengthwise design of each hollow cylinder part promptly moves on to sealing cup 5 on the taper construction section 8 of nipple pin 3 towards the direction of joint housing 1 along direction shown in the arrow P.By this moving along arrow P, because axially pre-tensioning makes sealing cup lean against the distortion of the internal diameter on the taper construction section 8 and the distortion at the position 19 of arching upward at it, also improve the radially pre-tensioning on the locating face that comes to axle journal shape position 7, thereby improved sealing effect.Because surface of contact 17 has produced seal clearance with contacting of locating face 18, the outside of sealing gap protection sealing cup 5 is not contaminated simultaneously.
In this embodiment, be provided with an intermediate location 20 that is basically perpendicular to the Y extension of ball-and-socket joint safety cover 11 equally according to the transition position of ball-and-socket joint safety cover of the present invention between hollow cylinder part 13 and hollow cylinder part 14.Therefore this intermediate location 20 that can be designed as flange comes on the recess 21 of nipple pin 3, and this recess is between taper construction section 8 and thread section 9.Nipple pin 3 has produced another seal clearance with ball-and-socket joint safety cover 11 contacting of recess 21 positions, prevents that by the sealing gap dirt from invading the cavity 22 between the taper construction section 8 of hollow cylinder part 13 and nipple pin 3.In order to cling on the recess 21, precondition is that the diameter of the hollow cylinder part 14 on the free end of ball-and-socket joint safety cover is slightly greater than the external diameter of helical thread portion 9.
It can also be seen that from Fig. 2; on the axle journal shape regional area 7 that ball-and-socket joint safety cover 11 is fixed to nipple pin 3; deviate from ball-and-socket joint safety cover 11 on the interior profile of the hollow cylinder part 14 on the free end of joint housing 3 that at least one radially inwardly outstanding elastic tongue piece 24 being set, this tongue piece in whole on the profile around.In the pitch of this tongue piece according to the helical thread portion 9 that is surrounded by corresponding hollow cylinder part 14 of embedding nipple pin 3 shown in Figure 1; guarantee ball-and-socket joint safety cover 11 secure fixation thus on the axle journal shape regional area 7 of nipple pin 3, therefore ball-and-socket joint safety cover 11 can be fixed on the joint housing.
Raising around tongue piece 24 elasticity can by shown in Figure 3 radially inwardly outstanding around elastic tongue piece 24 have a plurality of slits 26 that are distributed on the tongue piece whole circumference and realize.
Shown in Fig. 2 and 3; the outstanding flange 25 of at least one radially outward can be set on the outside seamed edge that is positioned at the hollow cylinder part 14 on the free end that deviates from joint housing 1 of ball-and-socket joint safety cover 11; this flange is annular in the present embodiment, makes thus that the ball-and-socket joint safety cover is easier to be pulled down.
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1. joint housing
2. bearing shell
3. nipple pin
4. sealing ring
5. sealing cup
6. bulb
7. axle journal shape regional area
8. taper construction section
9. helical thread portion
10. cavity
11. ball-and-socket joint safety cover
12. hollow cylinder part
13. hollow cylinder part
14. hollow cylinder part
15. flange
16. intermediate location
17. surface of contact
18. locating face
The position 19. arch upward
20. intermediate location
21. recess
22. cavity
23. hole
24. tongue piece
25. flange
26. slit
Claims (9)
1. ball-and-socket joint safety cover; go up the axle journal shape regional area (7) that covers ball-and-socket joint by the nipple pin (3) that is set to a ball-and-socket joint that assembles; this ball-and-socket joint has a joint housing (1) and a nipple pin (3) that is contained in swingably in this joint housing; described ball-and-socket joint safety cover has at least two along the different part (12 of the geometrical shape of the adjacent layout of Y of ball-and-socket joint safety cover (11); 13); wherein the part that outside dimensions is bigger (12) is arranged in ball-and-socket joint safety cover (11) in the face of on the end of joint housing (1); it is characterized in that; at each several part (12; 13) transition position is provided with an intermediate location (16) that is basically perpendicular to the Y extension of ball-and-socket joint safety cover (11), and surface of contact (17) sealing paste of the inboard of described intermediate location (16) leans against on the locating face (18) of a sealing cup (5).
2. according to the described ball-and-socket joint safety cover of claim 1; it is characterized in that; adjacent part (12; 13) be hollow cylinder, wherein the diameter of the less hollow cylinder of ball-and-socket joint safety cover part (13) is slightly greater than the size of the axle journal shape regional area (7) that is capped of ball-and-socket joint.
3. according to the described ball-and-socket joint safety cover of claim 1; it is characterized in that; three hollow cylinder parts (12 that diameter is different are arranged on the axial whole length of ball-and-socket joint safety cover (11); 13; 14); wherein the diameter of each several part reduces respectively to the relative free end of ball-and-socket joint safety cover (11) gradually from the end in the face of joint housing (1); in hollow cylinder part (12; 13; 14) transition position has one to be basically perpendicular to the intermediate location (16 that ball-and-socket joint safety cover (11) Y extends respectively; 20); wherein the diameter of the less hollow cylinder of ball-and-socket joint safety cover (11) part is only slightly greater than by this hollow cylinder part (13; 14) size of the part (8,9) of the axle journal shape regional area (7) of the ball-and-socket joint of Fu Gaiing.
4; according to the described ball-and-socket joint safety cover of claim 2; it is characterized in that; three hollow cylinder parts (12 that diameter is different are arranged on the axial whole length of ball-and-socket joint safety cover (11); 13; 14); wherein the diameter of each several part reduces respectively to the relative free end of ball-and-socket joint safety cover (11) gradually from the end in the face of joint housing (1); in hollow cylinder part (12; 13; 14) transition position has one to be basically perpendicular to the intermediate location (16 that ball-and-socket joint safety cover (11) Y extends respectively; 20); wherein the diameter of the less hollow cylinder of ball-and-socket joint safety cover (11) part is only slightly greater than by this hollow cylinder part (13; 14) size of the part (8,9) of the axle journal shape regional area (7) of the ball-and-socket joint of Fu Gaiing.
5. according to the described ball-and-socket joint safety cover of claim 3; it is characterized in that being positioned on the profile of the hollow cylinder part (14) on the free end that ball-and-socket joint safety cover (11) deviates from joint housing (1) has at least one radially inwardly outstanding elastic tongue piece (24).
6. according to the described ball-and-socket joint safety cover of claim 5, it is characterized in that, be arranged on radially inwardly outstanding elastic tongue piece (24) on the interior profile of hollow cylinder part (14) be looped around whole on the profile.
7. according to the described ball-and-socket joint safety cover of claim 6, it is characterized in that, be arranged on the interior profile of hollow cylinder part (14) radially inwardly outstanding around elastic tongue piece (24) have a plurality of slits (26) that are distributed on the tongue piece whole circumference.
8. according to the described ball-and-socket joint safety cover of one of claim 1 to 7; it is characterized in that, be positioned on the outer seamed edge of the hollow cylinder part (14) on the free end that ball-and-socket joint safety cover (11) deviates from joint housing (1) the outstanding flange (25) of at least one radially outward is set.
9. according to the described ball-and-socket joint safety cover of claim 8, it is characterized in that the outstanding flange (25) of described radially outward is annular.
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